CVE-2017-7942 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The ReadAVSImage function in avs.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-4 allows remote attackers to consume an amount of available memory via a crafted file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00552.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Imagemagick	Imagemagick

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.5-4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-16913	The ReadAVSImage function in avs.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-4 allows remote attackers to consume an amount of available memory via a crafted file.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3302-1	ImageMagick vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97946
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/429
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7942
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7942

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-04-18T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:19:29.353Z

Reserved: 2017-04-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-7942

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-18T19:59:00.260

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-7942

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-04-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7942 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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